Does anybody know any benefits to the Arctic due to climate change, I cant think of anything other than the northeast passage being permanently open/ for a longer time and reduced stress on native populations to survive due to higher temperatures

(Original post by grammar12)
Does anybody know any benefits to the Arctic due to climate change, I cant think of anything other than the northeast passage being permanently open/ for a longer time and reduced stress on native populations to survive due to higher temperatures

well, as the NW and northern sea route are more open there is opportunity for inuit ro benefit from selling paintings, prints, sculptures to passing tourists on their way to USA. benefit from passing tourism.

(Original post by grammar12)
Does anybody know any benefits to the Arctic due to climate change, I cant think of anything other than the northeast passage being permanently open/ for a longer time and reduced stress on native populations to survive due to higher temperatures

I dunno if this helps but:
Tree line migrates North, this means people are able to grow crops where it was not possible before due to climate change.

(Original post by grammar12)
Does anybody know any benefits to the Arctic due to climate change, I cant think of anything other than the northeast passage being permanently open/ for a longer time and reduced stress on native populations to survive due to higher temperatures

(Original post by Lpfuller)
Can you explain to me what thermal expansion is, thanks!

Thermal expansion is where sea levels rise due to the ocean becoming warmer, and consequently larger. The ocean becomes larger as it warms because the water molecules gain more kinetic energy and therefore move more vigorously, causing the body of water to expand.

(Original post by Lpfuller)
Can you explain to me what thermal expansion is, thanks!

Thermal expansion is basically the sea water heating up due to global warming- I'm sure you can name a few reasons why temperature of the water increases- anyway, the water expands because it's warmer and thus the volume of water increases

Hint: Islands that are low lying. Popular honeymoon resorts such as Maldives suffer greatly, they don't really have any other income other than tourism and if it's less than 1m above sea level they could quite quickly wave goodbye to their income

Also, you've got islands such as Kiribati and Tuvalu which are coral based island meaning when the sea level rises, salt water incursion occurs and soil can't grow crops so they don't have any income.

(Original post by Pwanda_Clouds)
However, it's also bad, as the tree line moves north it means climate temperature has changed and habitat for wildlife (e.g polar bears) are lost because permafrost has melted. poor polar bears..